Annals of Botany, New Series, Vol. 21, No. 83 (JULY 1957), pp. 439-454 (16 pages) The direct examination of the relation between inoculum size and infection rate for the nodulation of a legume is ...

Peas and other legumes develop spherical or cylindrical structures -- called nodules -- in their roots to establish a mutually beneficial relationship with bacteria that convert atmospheric nitrogen ...

A split-root growth system was employed to evaluate the effect of NaCl on nodule formation by soybean (Glycine max L. Merr. cv Davis). By applying the salinity stress and rhizobial inoculum to only ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Plant breeders could theoretically increase soybean crop yields if they could control the number of nodules on plant roots since they are responsible for fixing atmospheric ...

Tsukuba, Japan - Plants in the bean family (legumes) form nodules on their roots to take up nitrogen. Legumes will stop nodule production when nitrogen is plentiful (Figure 1), but precisely how ...

IN the course of experiments involving the growing of clover seedlings (Late-flowering Montgomeryshire Red) on agar medium in test-tubes, it was noticed that the number of nodules produced per plant ...

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